NEWPORT BEACH — Marie-Eve Pelletier displayed plenty of positive body language Wednesday night at The Tennis Club Newport Beach.
The Newport Beach Breakers' three-year veteran pumped her fist a number of times during the World Team Tennis match....

NEWPORT BEACH — Anne Keothavong doubled over and screamed in frustration.
Two points later, Marie-Eve Pelletier kicked a tennis ball into the club seats to her right.
It was only early in the second set of Saturday night's World Team Tennis match,...

Six tennis players from Sage Hill School will compete in the X Team Tennis national tournament Saturday and Sunday at the Tennis Club Newport Beach.
There will be eight teams consisting of one boy and one girl in the World Team Tennis event, which...

NEWPORT BEACH — Mike Bryan said it's been a whirlwind.
That might be the best way to describe a month that has featured Bryan and his twin brother Bob capture their second Wimbledon men's doubles title, then play Davis Cup, and now settle in for...

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NEWPORT BEACH — The Washington Kastles came into town and showed why they have the best record in World Team Tennis.
The Newport Beach Breakers came back into town and looked like a team that was playing its seventh match in seven nights.
Washington controlled from the outset Monday night despite the presence of the Breakers' homegrown marquee player, Taylor Dent, a former Corona del Mar High standout. The Kastles won the first four sets of the night and cruised to a 21-13 overtime victory at...

NEWPORT BEACH — Twenty-four years had passed since tennis legend Pete Sampras won a big tournament at The Tennis Club Newport Beach.
The club was called the Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club in 1987, when Sampras, a 15-year-old kid, captured the CIF Individuals singles title as a student at Palos Verdes High.
Sampras returned Saturday night for the Newport Beach Breakers as one of the greatest players in tennis history.
"Someone said I won some event here," Sampras, the 14-time Grand Slam champion,...

Tennis legend Pete Sampras will be joining a winning team Saturday at The Tennis Club Newport Beach.
The Newport Beach Breakers responded to their first loss of the season with a 23-14 road win against the Kansas City Explorers Friday, improving to 3-1 in the World Team Tennis league.
The Breakers, atop the Western Conference, won four of the five sets, the only loss coming in women's singles as Anne Keothavong fell to Madison Brengle, 3-5.
Lester Cook opened with a 5-2 win over Alex Kuznetsov in men's...

The Newport Beach Breakers suffered its first loss, falling, 21-20, on the road to the St. Louis Aces Thursday night.
Travis Rettenmaier and Lester Cook won in men's doubles, 5-4, and Anne Keothavong won in women's singles, 5-2, for the Breakers (2-1).
The Aces' Maria Sanchez and Liezel Huber scored a 5-3 win over Anne Keothavong and Marie-Eve Pelletier in women's doubles to secure the team win.
The Breakers play at Kansas City Friday night and will then return to the Tennis Club Newport Beach, when...

NEWPORT BEACH — As the Newport Beach Breakers began their quest for a World Team Tennis title, the woman who put the "King" in King trophy was in the house Tuesday night at The Tennis Club.
It was Ladies Night, which meant a pre-match tennis clinic for women featuring WTT co-founder and Breakers co-owner Billie Jean King. Once the match actually began, King wasn't on the court, but she yelled encouragement to the Breakers players from the corner of the stadium.
The St. Louis Aces' scheduled...

As the Newport Beach Breakers pursue the World Team Tennis King trophy this season, they'll do it with the help of plenty of home-grown Southern California kings of tennis.
Marina del Ray resident Lester Cook and Los Angeles resident Travis Rettenmaier are the men's players for the Breakers. Their two marquee players this season are tennis legend Pete Sampras, who lives in Brentwood, and Newport Beach's own Taylor Dent.
Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport visits Newport Beach on Tuesday, as the...